Civil War Soldier
JAMES Claffey
Offaly: Unknown Within Offaly
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Army: Union
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Born: 1834
Soldier No. 249
25 Massachusetts
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Town: 12 · Regiment: 0 · State: 12 · Town+Reg: 0
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JAMES Claffey in the wider Civil War story
JAMES Claffey is recorded from Unknown Within Offaly with service in Union. The associated regiment record is 25 Massachusetts Infantry.
TownUnknown Within Offaly
ArmyUnion
Regiment25 Massachusetts Infantry
Battle/EventNot recorded yet
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This record places JAMES Claffey from Unknown Within Offaly in Union service.
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- Soldier Number
- 249
- Surname
- Claffey
- First Name
- JAMES
- Alternative Name / Alias
- Claffee, James
- Soldier No. Of Relation
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Offaly Town / Area
- Unknown Within Offaly
- Army
- Union
- Rank
- Private
- Company
- Co. C
- Regiment Number
- 25
- US State Regiment
- Massachusetts
- Type Reg.
- Infantry
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- Mother
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Father
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Siblings
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Family Connections / Other Relationship
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Birth Year
- 1834
- Baptism Record
- Unknown / not yet recorded
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- Civil War Death Y/N
- N
- Battle Or Other Civil War Related Death
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Death Year
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Place of Death
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- State / Country Of Burial
- Massachusetts, USA
- Grave Site (link)
- Unknown / not yet recorded
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- Service: Union – 25 Massachusetts Infantry – Co. C
- Death & Aftermath: Civil War death: N • Burial location: Massachusetts, USA
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From the same Offaly town / area
- CHRISTOPHER Armstrong — Soldier No. 207 | Unknown Within Offaly | Regular Army Ordnance | Union
- JAMES Barry — Soldier No. 217 | Unknown Within Offaly | 3 Regular Army Artillery | Union
- MICHAEL Beggs — Soldier No. 218 | Unknown Within Offaly | 8 New Hampshire Infantry | Union | d. 1896
- WILLIAM Belton — Soldier No. 219 | Unknown Within Offaly | 3 Regular Army Artillery | Union
- THOMAS Bergin — Soldier No. 220 | Unknown Within Offaly | 2 Regular Army Artillery | Union
- JOHN Berry — Soldier No. 222 | Unknown Within Offaly | 9 Regular Army Infantry | Union | d. 1864
- OWEN Bracken — Soldier No. 224 | Unknown Within Offaly | 12 Minnesota Infantry | Union | d. 1922
- JAMES Brennan — Soldier No. 198 | Unknown Within Offaly | 2 Regular Army Artillery | Union
- JOHN Brogan — Soldier No. 225 | Unknown Within Offaly | 3 Regular Army Infantry | Union
- JOHN Brown — Soldier No. 227 | Unknown Within Offaly | 1 Regular Army Infantry | Union
- CHARLES Brown — Soldier No. 226 | Unknown Within Offaly | 5 Regular Army Cavalry | Union | d. 1868
- WILLIAM Brown — Soldier No. 228 | Unknown Within Offaly | 110 New York Infantry | Union
Same surname (possible family group)
- MICHAEL Claffey — Soldier No. 201 | Moneygall | 24 Connecticut Infantry | Union | d. 1895
- HUBERT Claffey — Soldier No. 248 | Unknown Within Offaly | 21 Massachusetts Infantry | Union
- PATRICK Claffey — Soldier No. 251 | Unknown Within Offaly | 7 Regular Army Infantry | Union
- PATRICK T Claffey — Soldier No. 437 | Unknown Within Offaly | 9 Connecticut Infantry | Union | d. 1862
- THOMAS Claffey — Soldier No. 488 | Ferbane | 13 Wisconsin Infantry | Union | d. 1892
Served in regiments from the same US state
- DENNIS Bracken — Soldier No. 11 | Banagher | 56 Massachusetts Infantry | Union | d. 1864
- GEORGE Cartwright — Soldier No. 191 | Edenderry | 28 Massachusetts Infantry | Union | d. 1868
- HUBERT Claffey — Soldier No. 248 | Unknown Within Offaly | 21 Massachusetts Infantry | Union
- THOMAS Costello — Soldier No. 280 | Unknown Within Offaly | 28 Massachusetts Infantry | Union
- JOHN Fleming — Soldier No. 349 | Unknown Within Offaly | 57 Massachusetts Infantry | Union
- KIERAN Gunning — Soldier No. 247 | Shannonbridge | 28 Massachusetts Infantry | Union
- PATRICK Hanley — Soldier No. 459 | Unknown Within Offaly | 3 Massachusetts Artillery | Union | d. 1893
- PATRICK Hennessey — Soldier No. 448 | Unknown Within Offaly | 59 Massachusetts Infantry | Union | d. 1865
- MARTIN Hopper — Soldier No. 112 | Kilcormac | 31 Massachusetts Infantry | Union
- JOHN Kearns — Soldier No. 190 | Rahan | 43 Massachusetts Infantry | Union
- JOSEPH G Kelly — Soldier No. 400 | Unknown Within Offaly | 17 Massachusetts Infantry | Union
- MICHAEL Lally — Soldier No. 413 | Unknown Within Offaly | 57 Massachusetts Infantry | Union | d. 1913
Served in the same army
- NICHOLAS Allen — Soldier No. 138 | Rhode | 10 Maine Infantry | Union
- ISAAC Ardill — Soldier No. 139 | Seir Kieran | 2 New Jersey Infantry | Union | d. 1862
- CHRISTOPHER Armstrong — Soldier No. 207 | Unknown Within Offaly | Regular Army Ordnance | Union
- JOHN W Baker — Soldier No. 90 | Edenderry | 15 New York Engineers | Union | d. 1920
- JOHN Barrett — Soldier No. 157 | Tullamore | 6 Indiana Infantry | Union | d. 1888
- JAMES Barrett — Soldier No. 154 | Tullamore | 35 Indiana Infantry | Union | d. 1894
- JAMES Barry — Soldier No. 217 | Unknown Within Offaly | 3 Regular Army Artillery | Union
- WILLIAM Cowell Bayley — Soldier No. 153 | Tullamore | 25 Pennsylvania Infantry | Union | d. 1889
- MICHAEL Beggs — Soldier No. 218 | Unknown Within Offaly | 8 New Hampshire Infantry | Union | d. 1896
- WILLIAM Belton — Soldier No. 219 | Unknown Within Offaly | 3 Regular Army Artillery | Union
- COL Michael Bennett — Soldier No. 92 | Edenderry | 28 New York Infantry | Union | d. 1909
- THOMAS Bergin — Soldier No. 220 | Unknown Within Offaly | 2 Regular Army Artillery | Union
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This soldier’s regiment state: Massachusetts
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